Sheet-metal can.



No. 855,080. PATENTED MAY 28, 1907. F. WESTERBEGK.

SHEET METAL (JAN.

APPLICATION ILED JAN.2, 1906.

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FREDERICK wEsTERBEcK, oF-s r. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHEET-METAL. GAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28; 1907.

Application filed January 2,1906. Serial No. 294,319.

souri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Cans, of which the followin is a full; clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accomdrawing, formingpart of this speci float-ion.

My invention relates to a sheet metal can more particularly intended for holding white lead, but also suitable for use as acontainer for other materials.

The invention has for its object to provide a substitute for wooden ke s or similar vessels in which white lead an other commodi ties are commonly packed for sale.

- Figure I is a view partly in perspective and partly in vertical section of my sheet metal can and illustrating a modification. Fig. 11 is a vertical section of the upper portion of a can.

1 designates the shell of my can which consists of a sheet of metal, the ends of which are preferably secured to each other by rivets 2. The shell of the can is open at both top and bottom and it is provided near its lower end with annular grooves located at the exterior of the shell and due to the formation of which annular beads 3 and 4 are furnished at the cure strength and stability .in the bottom andtop ofthe can greater than that afforded by the employment of sheet metal for the can bottom and top, which is the material commonl used for these members and which, in the a sence of any reinforcement 1s too weak to withstand stramsor blows to which it may.

be subjected when heavy materials are packed in the can. The bottom and top cement members 0 any suitable means, but I prefer to make use of the construction illustrated in Fig. I of the 7 is the bottom cement memberfor the product'ion of which any suitable cement may be 7 used. 8 is a sheet metal bottom that is placed within the lower portion of the shell 1 and is provided with a-downwardly extending annular flange 9 which fits snugly Within said shell.

The upper edge of the sheet metal bottom 8 rests against the bead 3, which serves to prevent movement of said sheet metal bottom toward the center of the shell past the point of location of said bead. The flange of the sheet metal bottom is provided with an inturned annular lip 1.0. 1

tic condition-into the pocket provided for its reception within the sheet metal bottom 8 and its flange 9 while the shell of the can is in an inverted. position, or it may be introduced into such pocket before the sheet metal bottom is introduced into the can shell. After the cement has been molded in said pocket the flange 9 of the sheet metal bottom is bent inwardly into its annular shape, and the facing sheet 1 1 which is placed upon the cement bottom member before the lip is turned-in is held in place by said lip. When the operations just described have'been carried out the bead 4 is produced in the can shell by the use of a suitable implement and it is pressed inwardly into a groove 9 in the flange 9 of the sheet metal bottom 8, which groove is located at the outer side of a bead embedded in the cement bottom member and serves to hold the cement firmly to the flange while the bead 4 holds the flange to the can shell.

The topor cover of the can contains a cement member 12 that is inclosed between parts similar to those within which the bottom ceme'nt member is inclosed. These parts consist of a sheet metal top 13 that is restricted from inward movement toward the center of the can shell by the bead 5 in said shell and is provided with a flange 14 provided with an inturned annular lip 15. The lip 15 serves to confine a facing sheet 16 and the parts are held in position within the drawings, parts of whichwillnowbe described. l can shell, due to the formation of the bead 6 in the shell in the production of which abead 14 is produced in the sheet metal top flange 14 and embedded into the cement member 12. 17 is a bushing that is introduced into an aperture in the top or cover of the can and v w This bushing is adapted to receive any suitable stopper by which it is closed to render the can air tight. v The facing sheets '11 and 16 are toreceive preferably flanged thereonto.

any impressions that it may be "desired to place thereonrelative to the contents of the In Fig. 1L1 have shown a mo "-i fieation in which the shell 1' of the can is,.i1i t;e ad of being formed atits upper end in the manner previously described,' so constructed as to be capable of receiving what is known as a fric. tion cover. with an outwardly extending annular flange To this end the shell is provided 1 at its upperend and it has .appliedto' it a stiflening 0r reinforcing ring 18;) that fits within the can, shell and flanged outwardiy then inwardly over the flange 1 The frietioncover consists of a sheet metal cover member 13; a cement cover member 12 and a facing sheet 16, the sheet metal s55,oso

cover meinber being of dished form and being flanged outwardly and then inwardly to fitting against said cement member and held by the lip of said sheet metal end member.

2. In a can, the combination of a shell, a flanged sheet metal end member fitting in saidshell and havin its flange terminatin in a lip, a cement en member seated in said sheet metal end member, and a wooden facing sheet fitting against said cement member and held by the lipofsaid sheet metal end member. a

FREDE CK WESTERBECK.

In presence of E. S. KNIGHT, NELLIE V. ALEXANDEB. 

